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If you are speaking to a friend in ASL and he tells is still taking his trip Alaska November However negates sentence with non-manual gesture What has really told you?

It sounds like your friend is telling you that he is NOT going to Alaska in November.

Here's why:

* ASL Sentence Structure: ASL often uses a topic-comment structure. The topic (Alaska trip in November) is established first.

* Negation in ASL: Negation is often conveyed through a combination of sign, facial expression, and a non-manual marker (NMM).

* The NMM: The "non-manual gesture" you mentioned is likely the NMM for negation, which could be a headshake, furrowed brows, or a "tsk" sound.

Therefore, despite saying the trip is still happening, the NMM negates the sentence, meaning he is not going to Alaska in November.

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